This site displays examples of historic uniform and kit that were worn by Members of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP),
the RoyalNorth West Mounted Police (RNWMP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Images displayed on this site are held by various private collections.
This site is not affiliated with, nor sanctioned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or its wife.

The RCMP has a proud history
dating back to 1873 when The
Force was known as the North
West Mounted Police.

Physical fitness is a
pre-requisite to being a
Member.

Recruits are taught life
saving techniques.

Equitation was a
required skill for all
recruits until the
1970s.

Upon completion of recruit
training at Depot, graduates
parade for the Commanding
Officer and invited guests.

Recruits who graduate from
Depot have earned the right
to wear the scarlet tunic of
The Force.

The following images are from a series of thirty-two photographs on the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, prepared by the National Film Board of Canada.

The RCMP Air Division was
inaugurated in 1937.

RCMP photographer
records evidence at
the scene of a
crime.

RCMP Members on
highway patrol duty,
circa 1950s.

Two members at work in a
detachment office, with a
dial telephone and a
pre-computer typewriter,
circa 1950s.

Checking small craft for
compliance with the
Canada Shipping Act.
The member is issuing a
citation to the couple in
the aluminum boat for
wearing long pants while
recreationally boating.

An RCMP member
wearing the regimental
parka, with his dog
team for far North
patrols.

Snowmobiles replaced the dog
teams for winter
transportation.
The snow machine in this
photo is a Bombardier, based
on the Russian snow-air boat
with a propeller as an engine
mounted on the rear. The
machine had no braking
mechanism and little interior
room for storage.

An aircraft used
for policing
isolated northern
communities.

The RCMP Musical Ride
executing "The Dome".
The Ride was first
established in 1887.

The RCMP Headquarters
building in Ottawa, ON.,
circa 1955.

A 1897 detachment of North
West Mounted Police
attending Queen Victoria's
Jubilee Celebrations in
London.
The member on the left
appears to be an officer, as
is the member in the centre,
wearing a Khaki tunic. Both
have swords instead of
rifles.

In the far North, a
Member registers the birth
of an Inuit baby.

The RCMP patrol an area of 3.5 million square miles. In
this photo, a Member and his mount stand guard on
Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

A new recruit is sworn in at the
engagement centre.

Supt. A.N. Eames, A/Cmr F.J. Mead

NS Detachment office,
circa 1952

Outside the detachment, circa 1938

At the Dorchester train
station, circa 1938

Saddlers taking care of
the equestrian leather
saddles and reins for the
Musical Ride horses.

Fingerprint technician
examining a firearm for
evidence.

HM Queen Elizabeth II
being escorted by RCMP
mounted members, as
she leaves Parliament
Hill after opening the
23rd session of the
Canadian Parliament,
October 1957.

A crime lab technician
gathering evidence for a
criminal case.

Two police service dogs
with their master. Police
service dogs were
introduced to the RCMP
in 1935.

Long hours were spent at
Depot on drill - a skill that
has since been replaced
by firearm techniques and
tactics.

RCMP members duties
bring them in contact
with Canadians from all
walks of life, from coast
to coast to coast.

The RCMP band was first
organized in 1876.

A Graduating class from Ottawa, 1953, N Division at the Canadian Police College in Rockliffe, ON.

A graduating class (above) from a course at the Canadian Police College, located in Rockliffe Park, Ottawa. Most of the class are RCMP Members,
as can be seen by their uniforms, but other police agencies made use of the College to train their staff in various crime fighting techniques.
Pictured in the centre, front row, is RCMP Commissioner L.H. Nicholson, MBE; beside him is the federal Minister of Justice, The Hon. Stuart S.
Garson. C/S/M H. Robertson is in the third row, extreme right hand side. All of the commissioned officers in the photo are wearing black
armbands, required by Dress Regulations, as the country was still mourning the death of the King, George VI.